Low-Hanging Fruit

Beginner 💼 Corporate / Business

Definition

Easy tasks that everyone identifies but nobody wants to actually pick because they're too busy pointing at the fruit. The corporate equivalent of picking up a dollar bill off the ground but writing a strategy doc about it first.

Example Usage

"Let's grab the low-hanging fruit first," suggested Dave, who has been reaching for the same low-hanging fruit since 2019.

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